"Exhausting the... exhaustion..."
Meng Chuan fell into a bewildered reverie at the old veteran's words.
"Taking a Dao principle to the end of the path opened by your predecessors is called exhaustion.
"When you exhaust all the principles contained within an innate Great Dao, along with the countless acquired principles compatible with it, that is 'exhausting exhaustion'—and that is when you truly come into your own."
Meng Chuan nodded and pondered inwardly:
Exhaustion means taking a Dao principle to its endpoint, such as cultivating the Gravitational Dao Principle until there is no path left to follow.
Exhausting exhaustion means taking countless compatible principles to their endpoints, such as the Dao of Strength formed by bringing together gravity, potential energy, and other principles.
With his thoughts sorted out, Meng Chuan suddenly understood.
Something occurred to him, and he asked again, "Senior, exhausting exhaustion is related to breaking through to Cosmic Legend, isn't it?
"I once had an opportunity to contemplate the Soul Shadow Projection of a ninth-tier supreme powerhouse. That mighty being had mastered almost every principle of the Water Grand Dao. Was that for the sake of exhausting exhaustion?"
He was speaking of Lan Zhan, a ninth-tier supreme powerhouse!
Dark Abyss nodded gently. "Indeed. Bringing forth the new from the old sounds easy, but it is extraordinarily difficult in practice. Exhausting exhaustion is how one accumulates what is needed for the final Ascension.
"That is why young Dao Creators like you are born seeds of Cosmic Legend, with greater potential to break the tenth limit than any other living beings.
"The vast majority of Dao Creators establish new principles within a Great Dao only after breaking the tenth limit. Those who can do so before the tenth tier are rare throughout the universe; there might not be even one in